Tony Dixon

Soul Flowers

Andy Butters throws aside the dependable potato and risks the future of his farm and daughter on magical Soul Flowers.

Fawn

On the Yorkshire Moors, a young murder victim whose body has never been found looks back on the last moments of his life, and wonders why his mother has never come to bring him home. Fawn is a dark, moving drama about loss and grief, and a a lost child calling for his mother's love.

The Astronomer's Sun

A young man, accompanied by his mysterious mechanical bear, visits an abandoned observatory to confront memories of his past and follow his Father on a journey into the unknown.

Nightswimming

Runaways Luke and Ellen are caught breaking into an older, Victorian styled swimming facility one evening. As they only want a warm place to sleep, Martin, the person on patrol, lets them stay on the proviso that they don't break anything else. As Luke and Ellen go swimming in the pool, Luke spots Martin voyeuristically watching them. That small act begins an emotionally charged situation involving all three, but which was only supposed to involve Luke and Martin.

Very Heaven

Discovery is just a game. Paula is an eleven-year-old tomboy playing out with her gang of lads in the woods in the last Summer before starting at the big school. Her loyalties are tested as her nascent interest in the much-bullied Rob is spotted by the gang leader, Phil.

Protect Me From What I Want

Saleem is an Indian student living in Leeds with his parents. He meets Daz at a gay cruising spot, and they have a night of mutually enjoyable sex. Saleem is nonetheless ashamed of himself and what he has done the next day.

Blue

With Fee delayed at work, Saskia, his wife, and Phillip, his best friend enjoy an evening together which ends in disaster. A tragic twist to the tale leaves Saskia heartbroken and guilt-ridden. Blue explores humanity's fatal flaws, our weaknesses and how hidden insecurities can tear our worlds apart.

Hammerhead

Caught up in the middle of a divorce, shark obsessed oddball Boris persuades his parents to take him to the coast where a shark has been sighted, seeing it as the perfect opportunity to get them back together. The trip is ruined when Boris's mother brings her lover and he must face the fact that his parents are never going to be reconciled.

King Ponce

Robbo has a passion for ballroom dancing but, being the new kid at school, he doesn't want anyone to find out, especially not Gaz and his gang, with whom he's beginning to gain a coveted acceptance. Does Robbo have the confidence to stand up to the potential social consequences, or will he forever be labeled a 'ponce'?

Moth to a Flame

Thomas, a dying man, suffers nightmarish visions of moths. Alone and afraid, he overhears the plight of the woman next door, abused by her boyfriend, and gradually overcomes his fears to try and intervene. When his first attempts prove futile, he knows he must play hero if he is to perform one last good deed.

The Piper

Tired of infestation of cockroaches in her house but unwilling to kill them, Amy drunkenly wishes for the Pied Piper to come and whisk them away.

Does God Play Football?

An endearing tale of faith and fate, with the odd miracle thrown in, set in the 1960's, Tommy is a 7-year-old boy without a dad who fills in the emotional gaps in his life by believing he is Jesus Christ.